Idiot Box: Only American Idol’s got talent
To members of our generation, there were a few common debates that raged among middle-schoolers: Backstreet Boys or N*SYNC? Pokémon or Digimon? And, perhaps the most divisive, Britney or...
View ArticleIdiot Box: I’ve seen those English dramas
This summer, I found myself taking a class at Fordham University that converted me from a skeptic to a believer. No, it wasn’t the standard philosophy or theology class that usually leads its students...
View ArticleIdiot Box: Politics: Only okay if it’s on TV
For the past few months, I have been systematically hiding the posts of certain Facebook friends from my newsfeed for one reason—it’s an election year, and slews of college students from all sides of...
View ArticleIdiot Box: Snape kills Dumbledore
It’s a trauma we’ve all experienced—you’re sitting on your couch, having just hit the “play” button on Netflix/Megavideo (R.I.P.)/whatever other illegal site you use, geared up for the season finale...
View ArticleIdiot Box: The return of the that 90′s show
Back in my Catholic school days, I learned the story of Lazarus, the man whom Jesus raises from the dead in one of his most renowned miracles.I’m sure back then this was a pretty big deal, but these...
View ArticleCarrying On: Single-sex schools are so fetch
In that oft-quoted scene from Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan’s voiceover describes Cady Heron’s classroom interactions with the dim but studly Aaron Samuels: “On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was.”...
View ArticleTaryn Simon dazzles and disturbs at the Corcoran Gallery
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is filled to the brim with colorful, eye-catching works of visual mastery, but you have to wade through that sea of technical skill to get to photographer Taryn Simon’s A...
View ArticleCarrying On: In search of lost experience
What I am about to say may shock you and shake your morality down to its very core, so brace yourself: We, as members of the Georgetown student body, are an extremely privileged bunch.I’m not talking...
View ArticleCarrying on: Talkin’ ‘bout my generation
At the end of every year, Lake Superior State University releases a list of “banished words,” or words which have been so overused throughout the preceding 365 days that they have lost all meaning and...
View ArticleCarrying on: Insecurity of the unknown
Among Georgetown seniors, the conversations tend to get a little repetitive—who did what with whom at Tombs last night, who’s going to Tombs tonight, how awesome it is to be a part-time student so you...
View ArticleCarrying on: Not ready to put a ring on it
In the series finale of Gilmore Girls, Yale student and all-around perfect human being Rory Gilmore is proposed to by her cute, well-bred, and douchey boyfriend Logan at her college graduation. To much...
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